deepseek-v4-pro 82ee37e206 feat(client): implement alknet-client crate — AlknetClient, dial methods, error type, SOCKS5 proxy
- Initialize alknet-client crate with Cargo.toml, deps, feature flags
- Implement ClientDialError enum with 5 variants (TlsConfig, Connect, Handshake, NoTransport, Proxy)
- Implement AlknetClient struct with builder methods (with_quinn, with_tcp_tls, with_iroh, with_socks5_proxy)
- Implement dial_quic — QUIC dial via quinn, producing a Connection
- Implement dial_tcp_tls — TCP+TLS dial via tokio-rustls, producing a Connection
- Implement dial_iroh — iroh dial, producing a Connection
- Implement SOCKS5 proxy support — Socks5ProxyConfig, Socks5Credentials, Socks5UdpSocket, proxy integration
- Add into_rustls_config() to TlsClientConfig in alknet-tls
- Add alknet-client to workspace members

Tasks: client/crate-init, client/error-type, client/client-core,
client/dial-quic, client/dial-tcp-tls, client/dial-iroh, client/socks5-proxy
2026-07-17 12:42:47 +00:00

Alknet

Status: Pre-alpha — This project is undergoing a major architectural pivot to an ALPN-as-service model. The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.

A self-hostable networking toolkit built on QUIC+TLS with ALPN-based protocol dispatch. Each protocol handler (SSH, SFTP, Git, HTTP, DNS, messaging, call protocol) registers an ALPN string on a shared endpoint. The ALPN negotiation during the TLS/QUIC handshake routes connections to the correct handler before any application bytes are read.

Core Insight

A service IS an ALPN. One endpoint, one port, many protocols — dispatched by the TLS handshake, not by application-level peeking or separate listeners.

Crates

Crate Status Description
alknet-vault stable Local key vault: BIP39/SLIP-0010/AES-GCM key derivation and encryption
alknet-core planned ProtocolHandler trait, ALPN router, auth/identity, config
alknet-ssh planned SSH handler (russh), SOCKS5, port forwarding
alknet-call planned JSON-RPC call protocol (EventEnvelope framing)
alknet-fs planned Content-addressed file storage (iroh-blobs backend)
alknet-sftp planned SFTP handler (russh-sftp protocol core)
alknet-git planned Git smart protocol handler (gix)
alknet-http planned HTTP handler (axum, REST API, MCP)
alknet-dns planned DNS handler (hickory-proto, pkarr)
alknet-msg planned E2E encrypted messaging, mixnet support
alknet planned CLI binary (assembles and registers handlers)

Documentation

Reference implementation (previous architecture) is preserved at /workspace/@alkdev/alknet-main/.

License

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Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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